Lasang Pinoy 7: Gising na! ALMUSAL! The round up...

It's time for the round up of the 7th edition of Lasang Pinoy! I was honored to be asked to host and I hope I've been able to make you guys enjoy some of your "old favorites" when it comes to that wonderful meal known affectionately as Pinoy Breakfast. I know I enjoyed, not only making (and eating!) one of my beloved Filipino breakfasts, but also reading all the wonderful entries! Each one provides a succulent shade, a glorious brushstroke, to the masterpiece of the Pinoy Breakfast. So enough chat...here are the entries...

Tuyo! I had to enter with my all time favorite Pinoy Breakfast (longanisa being a close second). I had this delicious salted and dried fish with garlic fried rice (sinangag) and fried quail's eggs. Suffice to say that it didn't last long after this picture was taken, as it was attacked by one hungry breakfast-eater!

Karen of the popular The Pilgrim's Pots and Pans has another yummy version of tuyo...with fresh and creamy carabao's milk poured over steaming rice! Read about a traditional Filipino breakfast with a "pre-meal" followed by the breakfast proper...we sure know how to eat breakfast over here! A very informative entry as always Karen :)

Midge over at Sybaritic Diversions joins Lasang Pinoy for the first time...hooray Midge! Just in time for breakfast! She shares with us her favorite: Tosilog. Ah yes, the famous 'silogs...this one with tocino, fried egg, sinangag (fried rice), and some achara on the side. To top it all off? Kapeng Barako of course!

Blogging from the UK, Mae of the luscious Rice and Noodles makes her own Skinless Longanisa. I have never made my own longanisa before...now I must. Mae makes it seem all very easy. Served (of course!) with fried rice and some red onion salsa...yum! Look at those little sausages glisten...such a mouth watering picture Mae! You tempt us all!

Another Pinoy breakfast favorite pops up at Pinoy Food Talk, care of Sassy: Pan de Sal! Served with kesong puti (white cheese), one of my favorite pan de sal fillings...hunger definitely setting in at this point...

And over at Pinoy Cook, our very own Connie (aka Sassy same as above) shares this delicious looking Potato Omelet. A dish she learned from her father and now enjoyed immensely by her kids. Hmmm, I would enjoy it too!

All who attended the Market Manila EB will remember the yummy homemade ensaimadaMarketman gave out as gifts. Well, for this month's Lasang Pinoy he gives us the recipe too! This ensaimada is really a labor of love and a family effort. Read the poignant first post for a wonderful ensaimada story...

And now how about a warm welcome to a new Pinoy food blogger, Kusinera Wannabe, blogging from California. She shares with us her favorite almusal...paksiw and sinangag. The sinangag reminds her of her grandmother. It seems breakfast brings back childhood memories for a lot of us...

A slice of breakfast bounty from Jmom of In Our Kitchen: Potato and Ground Beef Torta! Definitely a breakfast to get you going. She takes you through farming and frugality and how it led to this wonderful looking, and I'm sure, equally wonderful tasting torta :)

Dexie the Ilocana Chef braves morning sickness and pregnancy exhaustion to whip up a scrumptious almusal: Scrambled Eggs with Ampalaya, Longanisa and Sinangag. She also shares an endearing breakfast story from when she and her husband were still dating...

Relly, based in France, and blogging from the Franco-Pinay Food Adventure, shares with us her the almusal her mother used to prepare for her during her younger years...a tummy-warming meal of sinangag and daing (the daing which she makes from scratch!). She also puts together a list of Filipino breakfast foods...

Ces of essenCes expertly prepares another version of our famous 'silogs...Pusitlog! Another entry recalling sweet memories of breakfasts past prepared by mom :) Served with tomato omelet and sinangag cooked, not only with garlic, but also with scallions and bacon (YUM!)...and to drink? Coffee with whipped cream and cinnamon, and orange juice (a delicious little twist on tradition).

Celia Kusinera, based in the UK, and mistress of English Patis, makes Pan de Sal from scratch...I can almost smell it from here! Check out the picture of the dough proofing...looks like a beautiful mushroom :) Sigh...baking pan de sal from scratch is another in a long list of 2006 food resolutions for me. Celia, thanks for the recipe and please send some over! Heehee :)

From the blog Edible Experiments in Beijing, Iska prepares another example of our yummy 'silogs...Tosilog! She also gives a run down of the other 'silogs out there. Hmmm...pakaplog anyone? Thanks Iska, that's the first time I've come across that one! :)

Tina in New Jersey blogs about tuyo (tuyo lovers unite!) at the Choppingboard. She serves her tuyo with eggs and fried rice with kalkag (dried salted shrimps). Sounds great Tina! As with a lot of Lasang Pinoy 7 entries, mom's influence reigns once more. Moms and breakfasts seem to go hand in hand :)

Back in the Philippines, in Quezon City, Lani of Chibog Chicka Lakwacha ATBP blogs about eggs and the roles it plays in various Pinoy breakfasts. Aside from featuring a couple more 'silogs, she also whips up a corned beef omelet, which she likens to tortang giniling, and is a favorite of her son.

Kai in Pangasinan, of the sweet blog Bucaio, tells an enthralling tale of her family's chocolate-making history. The perfect story to go with a decadent cup of hot Tsokolate. The perfect Pinoy breakfast for the sweet tooth in all of us. Kai, I was transported by your story!

Stef of Stefoodie.net get inspired and prepares a Trio of 'Silogs. I had some problems uploading a picture but let me assure you the pictures will have you drooling so check them out! Stef prepares tapsilog, longsilog, and tosilog for her little black-belters after big tournaments.

Mila at Watergirl (my first entry!) give us a list of heavenly breakfast foods as an answer to the hypothetical question: "What would be your first meal in heaven?" It is a heavenly list indeed so please do not read when hungry lest violent tummy-churning occurs. I love how she refers to tsokolate..."dark, bold tsokolate ah/eh/i/o/u".

Divagap emailed in her thoughts on Filipino breakfasts which I am including here:When I was in the Phils. my favorite breakfast is tortang itlog and kamatis, longanisa , tinapang bangus, rice and of course coffee. The thing is I don't drink the coffee, I pour it over my rice(plain boiled rice not sinangag but I guess you can use this, too). Yes I "sabaw" it in my rice. I really love this combination of coffee, rice and eggs with tomatoes, tinapang bangus and of course longanisa or langonisa as I call it.

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Mike of Lafang shares with us a wonderful breakfast he had at Sonya's Bed & Breakfast in Tagaytay. The delectable array of food included Chicken Pork Adobo, Mango Salsa with Coriander, Crispy Fried Pork Adobo, Garlic Fried Rice with Daing (dried salted fish), as well as rich Chocolate Eh, a perfectly made Omelette, fresh ripe mangoes, and Hispanis (or Spanish) bread.

From Lutong Disyerto we have Paksiw (pickled fish or fish cooked in vinegar) with sinangag (garlic fried rice). A great looking repast and another favorite (see Kusinera Wannabe's entry above).

So there you have it! All the wonderful shades and colors of a Pinoy Breakfast, complete with stories and memories to warm the hearts and whet the appetites. I hope everyone enjoyed coming up with their entries as much as I enjoyed hosting this round. Until the next Lasang Pinoy...don't forget your breakfast! :)